On 11/17/2017 09:04 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > dominic adair-jones wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:14 AM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> dominic adair-jones wrote: >>>> going to run journalctl this evening when i get in and relay any errors >>>> i see. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Pete Biggs <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 2017-11-16 at 22:45 +0000, dominic adair-jones wrote: >>>>>> Ok that's what I figured Ive narrowed it down to Plymouth but I >>>>>> haven't found much info on what the fix is. >>>>> >>>>> No, plymouth is the process that controls the booting process. It is >>>>> not the problem. It is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing - >>>>> waiting for a process to finish before going on to its next task. You >>>>> should use journalctl to see what task it is waiting on. >>>>> >>>>>> As of now I can ctl alt f2 and run >>>>>> startx to get to a desktop. >>>>> >>>>> What graphics card do you have? >>>>> >>>>>> When I try to run gui (such as keepnote or >>>>>> chromium) from within my vms now tho I get errors. >>>>> >>>>> What errors. >>>>> >>> Please stop top posting. >>> >>> It really sounds like a graphics driver error. Have you looked in >>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log? >> sorry about that first time publicly posting like this. I will check >> this evening. I did remove the x0rg drivers and plymouth but didnt >> check the logs as it got late. > > Reading the thread in this post, I see you saying that startx works.... > That would suggest that graphics works, but something in trying to go into > runlevel 5 is funny. > > Stupid question: how long have you waited? C7 seems to take an > unconsciously long time for the X login to come up. > > Do you see the screen go into graphical mode during the boot? You know, > when it'll go black, then smaller fonts, and more lines on the screen? > > Starting to wonder about a timing issue, with a driver not loading. > This sounds like some kind of GDM issue to me. I am not sure the OP has ever answered the question of what video card is installed. OP: If you look at Xorg.0.log that should tell you if there is a problem starting X. If you use /var/log/messages, dmseg, and/or journalctl it might give you an init type error output.
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